Most of you know about Janae's strong interest in birthdays, or--more specifically--birthday cakes and blowing out the candles. Whenever she sees anything even remotely resembling a cake and candle (such as a sippy cup with a straw, for example), she will say, "BIRTHDAY . . . HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!" This has been the case since she celebrated her own birthday, almost 9 months ago.
I think "Happy Birthday" was the first song she learned to sing, before she could even pronounce the words. (I tried to include a video of Janae singing "Happy Birthday to Candles" to two tootsie pops but couldn't get it to work.)
Lately Janae has also become very interested in butterflies. This started with a kids' science video Ben borrowed from the library called Butterflies and Moths; now Janae sees butterflies everywhere--and when she does, she is as enthusiastic as she is with birthday cakes. She'll say "BU-FLY . . . with WINGS" and start flapping her arms like butterfly wings. Luckily Grandma had a pair of dress-up wings that Janae could bring home. (Unfortunately, we had to make a special trip back over to Grandma's to pick up a second pair for Benjamin, because he wanted to dance around like a butterfly, too.)
Janae has us sing a Wiggles song about butterflies as she dances around the room--we can't wait until she is old enough for dance lessons, because--like most little girls--she is a natural :)
And finally, the Wiggles. A list of Janae's obsessions could not be complete without them. Her favorite is Jeff--I know this because she brings me Wiggles video covers and points him out several times a day. A week or so ago I found a pair of Wiggles pajamas in a tub of clothes Janae had inherited from her cousins, and Janae insisted on putting them on overtop of the PJs she was already wearing.
Since then, she has put the top on over her shirts almost every day, and when she doesn't have it on she'll stop and say, "Wiggles shirt." It's definitely on her mind. (It's in the laundry right now, because she's been asking for it since Friday when she got chili all over it!)
I don't know how we got such obsessive kids . . . they certainly don't take after either of their parents :)
2 comments:
SO CUTE!! Tyson would definatley be right there with Ben and Janae wearing the butterfly wings:)
It is nice to see that Janae has her own obsessions and not just going along with Ben or you might have needed another Santa hat. It is really fun to watch children, as they choose the things they like to do.
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